"Sharp, quirky, and occasionally nettlesome", Walking the Berkshires is my personal blog, an eclectic weaving of human narrative, natural history, and other personal passions with the Berkshire and Litchfield Hills as both its backdrop and point of departure. I am interested in how land and people, past and present manifest in the broader landscape and social fabric of our communities. The opinions I express here are mine alone. Never had ads, never will.

July 13, 2008

Seconds

Here is the power of place. This group of cousins, perched on the rock by the sea, gathered in the early 1950s. That's my mother third from the left in the back row, with Tigerhawk and Charlottesvillian's father second from the right. More than 55 years later (with one last cousin added and one passed on), these families returned with children and grandchildren in tow. There were too many of us for a group portrait, but there was an effort to take a 1st cousins shot (with some 2nds and 3rds and assorted friends and relations in there, too).

Inclusion and belonging, down through the years at Windrock: Gran's greatest gifts.